I have just finished reading “Lecture Three: South Park and The American Experience” from “Satire’s Brew: Mass Media and Coffee Beans” by Brian Dunphy. In lecture three I became more insightful of South Park, and began to interpret the show in a whole other way. Rather than just watching it for pure enjoyment and laughs, I now saw how this show and the producers were sending out their personal message to viewers about political and societal issues. They are using the show and its satirical manner in order to comment and criticize on current events leaning more on their beliefs. The show can be compared to what John Stewart, John Oliver and now Trevor Noah are doing. They take the most current event and make a whole episode on it, while entertaining
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It is the type of show to challenge the common way TV shows usually handle delicate situations. Controversy is able to divide the people into taking sides while creating stories for the media, which is also stated in Satire’s Brew. This was one the big reasons for the show’s popularity to grow. I myself have always liked South Park and watched quite often, however I also was just watching for the laughs, vulgarity and never took it serious enough. However after reading the lecture I began to see South Park in a whole different …show more content…
The writers do an exceptional job through their comedic sense in order to talk about such a controversial topic like obesity. Cartman files lawsuits on certain places that aren’t accessible to people with his overweight disability and Honey Boo Boo was the cherry on top for this episode. The episode to me seemed to expose our normal beliefs in society to be a little problematic and ignorant. I agree with the episode because I believe that everyone shouldn’t comment on other people’s problems but their own, however when it’s a health risk it needs to be talked about in order to get fixed. Rather then sugar coating the problem and feeling offended about this episode people need to wake up and smell the salad with no
It is the type of show to challenge the common way TV shows usually handle delicate situations. Controversy is able to divide the people into taking sides while creating stories for the media, which is also stated in Satire’s Brew. This was one the big reasons for the show’s popularity to grow. I myself have always liked South Park and watched quite often, however I also was just watching for the laughs, vulgarity and never took it serious enough. However after reading the lecture I began to see South Park in a whole different …show more content…
The writers do an exceptional job through their comedic sense in order to talk about such a controversial topic like obesity. Cartman files lawsuits on certain places that aren’t accessible to people with his overweight disability and Honey Boo Boo was the cherry on top for this episode. The episode to me seemed to expose our normal beliefs in society to be a little problematic and ignorant. I agree with the episode because I believe that everyone shouldn’t comment on other people’s problems but their own, however when it’s a health risk it needs to be talked about in order to get fixed. Rather then sugar coating the problem and feeling offended about this episode people need to wake up and smell the salad with no